Dolls of the past and the drift of a child’s wish
A nostalgic reminiscence traces a Christmas letter to Santa about a doll head replacement and the evolution of dolls. The piece recalls Christina the doll, various head materials from china to papier mache, and the shift from dressed to undressed dolls. It reflects on department-store displays, seamstress repairs, and shifting prices and materials.
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Santa Claus
Santa
Dolly
Christina
Johnnie
Sister
Mother
Western Newspaper Union
Gingerbread dolls lift small-town Christmas display
John Carlson recalls his mother's wish to craft gingerbread dolls for the shop window. Her handmade figures, grouped in family sets, draw unexpected attention and repeat customers, turning joy into intangible dividends rather than money. The tale highlights love, memory, and shared happiness in Christmas giving.
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John Carlson
John
Hulda Carlson
Western Newspaper Union
Bewitching Lace on Gala Nights Fashion Cherie Nicholas
Lace dominates Paris shows and Chicago lace ball fashion shaping this season’s gala wear. Three standout designs highlight decollete fronts and back fullness with lace silhouettes, filmy cobweb textures, deep blue violet hues, silver lame accents, and Norman Hartnell white lace ensembles.
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Chicago
Norman Hartnell
London
Western Newspaper Union
Gay Plaid Accent Hat Scarf and Pocketbook Pattern
Cherie Nicholas shows a handy sewing project with a hat scarf and pocketbook using a soft cotton twill fabric in authentic Scotch tartan plaid. The item highlights home sewing of a matching ensemble to complement a dark dress or camel hair coat, suggesting patterns are easy to secure.
Veil Fashion Debuts With Evening Hats and Sequins
A new evening headdress features a decorative veil tossed over a stylish coiffure. Socialites embrace the romantic look with veils draped over hats, often adorned with flowers or ornaments and sparkling sequins as the season’s charm.
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Cherie Nicholas
Ancient Damascening Inspires Modern Compact Design
Damascene art of gold wire inlay, tracing to 490 B C in Damascus metalwork, appears in chic modern compacts. Modern pieces imitate ancient designs in engraved steel, with silvers and gold wires forming decorative motifs, echoing historic awards and celebrated crafts.
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Damascus
Knit Blouses Mimic Soft Woolens in This Season's Styles
Knit blouses designed to resemble soft wool and woolens styled to appear handknit. The feature highlights twin sweaters for young girls with two matching parts or contrasting pullover and cardigan designs.
How the XIT Brand Was Born on the Western Range
In Dalhart Texas former XIT ranch employees recount the 1880s Chicago syndicate buyout of 3 million acres to build the Texas Capitol. Barbecue Campbell asks Ab Blocker to devise a durable brand shown on the ground, becoming famed across cattle country.
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Dalhart
Tex
XIT Ranch
Chicago
West Texas
Texas Capitol
Austin
Campbell
XIT
Skipper Prices Softies and Radios Keep Men Ashore
Halifax Nova Scotia skipper Captain Angus Walters of the Bluenose laments a decline in hardy bank fishermen. He blames a pleasure seeking age with autos radios and dancing drawing youths from the sea, risking the future of the Nova Scotia fishing industry.
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Halifax
N. S
Angus Walters
Nova Scotia
Lunenburg
North Atlantic
Coeds Seemingly Dress Like Dogs on Missouri Campus
Three University of Missouri coeds appeared on campus wearing dog collars with brass studs name plates and locks fueling campus chatter about student attire and fashion norms.
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Columbus
University of Missouri
Ramblings and Rumors on New York Streets and Scenes
A collage of city vignettes across Fifth Avenue and Broadway. A beef carcass dragged along Fifty-second Street feeds plans for five dollar steaks while a big black cat shadows John D. Rockefeller Jr. The chauffeur, taxi drivers, shoppers, newsboys, and a window display of silver fox coats populate a day of urban life with theater goers, food stalls, and a rumor about Charles C. Miller.
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Fifty-second
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Fifth Avenue
Gertrude Lawrence
Plymouth
Susan and
God
Gilbert Miller
Europe
Charles C. Miller
New Guinea
Megalithic Art Relics Unearthed in Ireland
Queens University Belfast students excavate Ballybriest in County Derry revealing a 100 foot megalithic burial cairn with two large chambers. Over 100 late Stone Age pottery fragments and flint scrapers and knives were found. One chamber intact, the other with missing standing stones and collapsed walls.
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Londonderry
Ireland
Queens University
Belfast
Ballybriest
County Derry
Hard Winter Predicted After Sun Spot Study
Dr. Albert J. Newlin of Santa Clara University's Richard Memorial Observatory predicts a wet and severe winter based on four groups of sun spots scattered across the sun. The sun spot weather theory traces back to Father J. S. Ricard, S. J.
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Santa Clara University
Calif
Albert J. Newlin
Richard Memorial Observatory
Newlin
J. S. Ricard
S. J
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Dillin
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Pers
L. L. Stevenson
Galveston
Chas. Schlotter
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